Rattle (Rattling Apple, No. 441)
AppleRattle (Rattling Apple, No. 441)
Origin/History
Russia. Documented in N.E. Hansen's survey of northwestern apple varieties, 1902.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium or above. Roundish oblate, irregular, somewhat ribbed.
Skin: Clear pale yellow, mostly covered with fine dark red, with a few obscure crimson splashes. Dots very obscure, few, minute, white.
Stem: Short.
Cavity: Regular, narrow, acute, with much radiating russet.
Basin: Much corrugated, ribbed.
Calyx: Closed; segments erect convergent, long.
Flesh: Snow white, fine grained, tender, pleasant, sweet, very good.
Core: Wide open; cells abaxile, elliptical, slit; tube conical; stamens marginal.
Seeds: Few, some imperfect, short, plump.
Season
Fall.
Uses
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 2 catalogs (1901–1913) from Illinois
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901 — listed as Rattle
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913 — listed as Rattle
View original book sources (1)
— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)Rattle (Rattling Apple, No. 441)—Origin, Russia—Fruit medium or above, roundish oblate, irregular, somewhat ribbed; surface a clear pale yellow, mostly covered with fine dark red, with a few obscure crimson splashes; dots very obscure, few, minute, white; cavity regular, narrow, acute, with much radiating russet; stem short; basin much corrugated, ribbed; calyx closed; segments erect convergent, long. Core wide open; cells abaxile, elliptical, slit; tube conical; stamens marginal; seeds few, some imperfect, short, plump; flesh snow white, fine grained, tender, pleasant, sweet, very good. Fall.